Christmas Wallpapers for You!

Christmas is approaching and we want to thank our readers with some little extra. Here is a Christmas wallpaper to get into the festive mood. I know, it’s a bit on the wacky side, but Christmas can indeed be very wacky. Enjoy! 640×960 (iPhone)||800×600||1024×768 || 1280×800 || 1280×960 || 1280×1024 || 1440×900 || 1600×900 || … Read the full article →

Amiina at Þjóðleikhúskjallarinn

Last Friday, with a couple of friends, we attended Amiina’s concert at the Þjóðleikhúskjallarinn, located in the complex of the National Theatre in downtown Reykjavík. As I didn’t enjoy much the previous big event in occasion of Puzzle‘s release, I was somehow concerned. However, the Þjóðleikhúskjallarinn is not the NASA with its impersonal dispersiveness; among … Read the full article →

Cats of Reykjavík Calendar 2011

Dear Iceland lovers, if you like felines as we do and you still can’t decide which calendar you will be getting for the upcoming year, we have a suggestion: why don’t you get one of our awesome Reykjavík Cats calendars? This may look like shameless self-promotion, but trust me, it’s definitely a nice gift for … Read the full article →

History of Japanese Martial Arts at the Nordic House

Starting on the 21st of November till the 12th of December the Nordic House will be hosting an exhibition entitled Budo: Saga japanskra bardagalista (Budo – History of Japanese Martial Arts in English). Through display of Japanese weapons and reconstructed models, the exhibition’s aim is to outline not only a brief history of martial arts, … Read the full article →

Submarino by Thomas Vinterberg

I wonder why sense of measure is so uncommon among filmmakers. Sometimes I cannot help feeling classic Hollywood, despite its being hopelessly commercial in the intentions, had more sense of measure in its less accomplished works than many specimens of authorial film-making at their best. Sense of measure means having the guts, when necessary, to … Read the full article →